I-AA Game of the Week - WEEK FIVE

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What is the I-AA GOTW?

Sacramento State @ Eastern Washington
3
11%
James Madison @ Delaware
6
22%
Dartmouth @ Penn
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South Dakota @ Western Illinois
4
15%
South Dakota State @ Youngstown State
6
22%
Sam Houston State @ Central Arkansas
8
30%
 
Total votes: 27

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What is the I-AA GOTW?
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Tough to choose between those last three but the MVFC is > the SLC. SDSU and YSU have more recent playoff relevance than USD and and WIU. The latter two have more to prove to be deserving.
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If it were MY poll I'd list WSU @ MSU ahead of the SAC @ EWU game.
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kalm wrote:If it were MY poll I'd list WSU @ MSU ahead of the SAC @ EWU game.
Yeah, this is kinda like the CAA last week. None of the games were very sexy this early on.
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I don't think Delaware is ready to shake up the world just yet, but their D can make even a #1 vs unranked matchup interesting.

If only we had a QB. And an OL.
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Since no Weber/MSU going with South Dakota @ Western Illinois.

Weber State @ Montana State- Big Sky Conference Game of the Week
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Wildcat Ryan wrote:Since no Weber/MSU going with South Dakota @ Western Illinois.

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89Hen wrote:
kalm wrote:If it were MY poll I'd list WSU @ MSU ahead of the SAC @ EWU game.
Yeah, this is kinda like the CAA last week. None of the games were very sexy this early on.
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Rob Iola wrote:
89Hen wrote: Yeah, this is kinda like the CAA last week. None of the games were very sexy this early on.
*was
"None of the games was very sexy this early on."
That sounds wrong. But what do I know.
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bandl wrote:
Rob Iola wrote: *was
"None of the games was very sexy this early on."
That sounds wrong. But what do I know.
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kalm wrote:
bandl wrote: "None of the games was very sexy this early on."
That sounds wrong. But what do I know.
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I do think Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas is the obvious game of the week because it appears likely that's the game for the Southland automatic bid. But I must admit that when I looked at Delaware's schedule/results I came to be a little more intrigued by the JMU at Delaware matchup. Losing 27-0 to this year's Virginia Tech team isn't bad. Put it this way: I don't think JMU would be undefeated if they'd played Virginia Tech instead of East Carolina. And yes I know about the historical upset but I don't think so.

Obviously I still think JMU will win. But there's a certain "we don't know how good Delaware is" aura to this game. There are indications that Delaware has a good defense. The 27 points Virginia Tech scored against Delaware is its lowest point total of the season and the Hens gave up 14 and 3 points in their other two games (albeit against suspect competition). A lot of unknown here.
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I voted JMU @ UD, but that was just the homer in me. IMHOP I think its:
1. SDSU @ YSU. 2 of the top 3 in the MVFC besides NDSU. Both are coming off of a bye week. Both get NDSU at home. 2nd game of the season with 2 top 5 teams.
2. SHSU @ UCA. UCA coming off a bye week. If SHSU wins this one they'll probably go 11-0 again, get a top 5 seed again, and then get steamrolled again in the quarterfinals or semis.
3. JMU @ UD.
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JohnStOnge wrote:I do think Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas is the obvious game of the week because it appears likely that's the game for the Southland automatic bid. But I must admit that when I looked at Delaware's schedule/results I came to be a little more intrigued by the JMU at Delaware matchup. Losing 27-0 to this year's Virginia Tech team isn't bad. Put it this way: I don't think JMU would be undefeated if they'd played Virginia Tech instead of East Carolina. And yes I know about the historical upset but I don't think so.

Obviously I still think JMU will win. But there's a certain "we don't know how good Delaware is" aura to this game. There are indications that Delaware has a good defense. The 27 points Virginia Tech scored against Delaware is its lowest point total of the season and the Hens gave up 14 and 3 points in their other two games (albeit against suspect competition). A lot of unknown here.
Make a case for the SLC game? Sure. It's the "obvious" pick? No. SDSU has 3 legit Payton award candidates going up against the National runner-up from last season. Both are ranked in the top 6 or 7 and come from hands down the best conference in FCS vs. the 5th or 6th best conference.
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With UCA beating SHSU, that might mean no seed for SHSU even at at 10-1, considering:
-No way will the committee seed 2 SLC teams, and if UCA finsishes 10-1, they'll be the SLC seed.
-SHSU won't have a quality win if UR doesn't make the playoffs (doesn't look like they will at this point)..
-SHSU didn't play a IA, played a Div II..
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Central Arkansas has former Houston Oiler WR Haywood Jeffires son on its roster playing DB.
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dal4018 wrote:Central Arkansas has former Houston Oiler WR Haywood Jeffires son on its roster playing DB.
Dad must be p!$$ed about that....
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